Outbound Ohio

  The Color of Red Is Pictured in My Snapshots Vermilion’s lighthouse, pictured on May 12, appears at dusk at Main Street Beach. By Anna Krejci The city of Vermilion, Ohio is named after the Vermilion River that parts the town and flows into Lake Erie.  “Vermilion” is another word for red and comes from French.  French traders named the river as such because, dating back, red clay was present in the environment surrounding the Vermilion River and Native Americans created dye from the clay.  Nowadays, red shale – which formed from the red clay - can be seen in the cliffs that tower alongside the Vermilion River in the Lorain County Metroparks Vermilion River Reservation at Mill Hollow. A cliff wall sits above the Vermilion River.  This photo was taken earlier this May from the Vermilion River Reservation at Mill Hollow. Corey and I visited the Vermilion River Reservation and downtown Vermilion earlier this May.  We enjoyed hiking on the trails at the reserva...